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Definition of Steersman

1. Noun. The person who steers a ship.

Definition of Steersman

1. n. One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.

Definition of Steersman

1. Noun. (nautical) One who steers a ship; the helmsman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steersman

1. [n STEERSMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steersman

Literary usage of Steersman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parables of Frederic Adolphus Krummacher by Frederic Adolphus Krummacher, Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel (1858)
"THE steersman. A SHIP was on the open sea, when a terrible storm rose. ... But the steersman was calm and composed; he looked at the compass, ..."

2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1806)
"I In his hammock swings, While the steersman sings, Steady she goes, all's well, All's well, Steady she goes, hile on the main-top-mast he springs, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The propeller, Hypo- dame, was one of the class on our rivers, navigated by the master, who is also a pilot and a steersman. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... where the apse which completed the basilica had the bishop's throne placed in the centre, as the steersman's place, with semicircular benches below for ..."

5. A First Book of Old English: Grammar, Reader, Notes, and Vocabulary by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1894)
"ANDREW'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE steersman. [This extract from the Greek is found on pp. 136-138 of Tischendorf 's Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha, and corresponds ..."

6. A First Book in Old English: Grammar, Reader, Notes and Vocabulary by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1894)
"ANDREW'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE steersman. [This extract from the Greek is found on pp. 130-138 of Tischendorf 'g Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha, and corresponds ..."

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